Garment hanger



July 8, 1947.

R. LACOURSE' GARMENT HANGER Filed July 18, 1944 Patented July 8, 1947 Q UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Raymond Lacourse, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Application July 18, 1944, Serial No. 545,443 1 Claim. (01123-91) The present invention pertains to a novel garment hanger of the coat hanger type and embodying means to clamp a garment in addition to the garment suspended from the body of the hanger.

The principal object of the invention is to provide simple and economical means for effectively clamping a garment without abuse. This means consists of two pairs of diverging wire strands brought into clamping relation by a ring member slidably mounted on each pair. The clamping ends of the strands are bent to form at each end a plane figure for engaging the garment. In a refinement of the invention, a block is secured in each figure and faced with a material such as felt, if desired.

The invention also includes a simple means for supporting and guiding the bent ends of the strands. For each pair of strands there is pro,- vided a wire stem extending from the shoulder bar and having its free end coiled around the corresponding bent ends of the strands. Each such coil is preferably divided into two distinct areas to engage the bent ends separately and individually.

The invention is fully disclosed by way. of example in the following description and in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a modification;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of another form;

Figure 4 is a detail section of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a detail of further modification, and

Figure 6 is a section on the line 56 of Figure 5.

Reference to these views will now be made by use of like characters which are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

In Figure 1 is shown a conventional shoulder bar I of a coat hanger. At the apex thereof is mounted a wire hook 2, passed through the bar and secured by a reverse bend 3.

Wire stems 4 are inserted in the bar I at opposite sides of the hook 2 and are suspended from the bar to approximately the level of its free ends. The lower end of each stem is looped transversely at 5 and the extremity 6 is bent to cross the loop and divide it into two distinct sections.

In each end of the bar I is inserted the bent end of a wire having two diverging strands I. The bent ends are held in the bar I by pins 8. The free end of each strand is passed through one of the sections of the nearer loop 5 and then continued downwardly and outwardly at 9 to cooperate with the corresponding strand to form a plane figure in a vertical plane. Each pair of strands I is surrounded'by a wire coil I0 slidable thereon and serving to draw the ends 9 together when moved towards them. Thus, the ends 9 are utilized to clamp and support a garment inserted between each pair of ends.

In the modification shown in Figure 2, the body bar II has an apex hook I2 with an exposed lower bend I3. Two double strands of wire I4 are suspended from the bend I3 by their bends, and each strand terminates in a loop I5 enclosing a plane figure in a vertical plane. Rigid guide wires I6 are inserted in the ends of the body II and extend towards the loops I5 where they are formed with individual loop I6 slidably receiving the loops I5. Each pair of diverging strands I4 carries a slidable wire coil H which, when moved towards the loops I5, draws them together to clamp a garment, as previously set forth.

In the construction shown in Figures 3 and 4, the body bar 2| has a double strand hook 22 in its apex, formed with a coil 23. The double strands 24 are fastened rigidly thereto in any suitable manner, so that guide wires I6 are not necessary. One strand of each pair may be integral with the coil 23 and the other strand secured to the coil. Each strand is formed at its free or lower end with a loop 25, similar to a loop I5, for the purpose already described; and in the same connection, each pair of strands carries sliding coil 26.

A modified form of clamping piece is shown in Figures 5 and 6. Each strand 1' corresponding to the strands I of Figure 1, has its free end coiled at 9 around a block 26. The inner surface of each block may have a felt facing 21 secured to the block by a staple 28.

Although specific embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described it will be understood that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as indicated by the appended claim.

What I claim as my invention is:

A garment hanger comprising a shoulder bar, two pairs of diverging strands extending therefrom, the free ends of said strands being each bent to form a plane figure adapted to engage a garment, said figures lying approximately at the level of the free ends of said bar, means slidable on each pair of strands to draw said strands and the corresponding figures together, and a guide wire extending from each end of said bar and looped individually around the nearer adjacent figures.

RAYMOND LACOURSE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,111,772 Guillot Mar. 22, 1938 Number Number 

